Jerusalem's light rail system will undergo a $2-billion expansion, its first in nearly a decade. Israel's Finance and Transport Ministries, along with city officials, have have issued a prequalifying tender for the new Green Line. The project is planned as a public-private partnership, similar to other projects currently underway in Israel.
The proposed 18-kilometer line will have 33 stations along the route that will run from Mount Scopus in the north to the Gilo neighborhood in the south, with extensions to other neighborhoods. Work is not expected to begin before 2019.